On If You Can't Tell When David Sedaris Is "Inventing," It's Your Problem
@atipofthehat You ever see the movie Better Luck Tomorrow? A lot of the details are definitely fictionalized/invented, but it's still very clearly based on a real murder that happened in the place where the writer/director grew up. But he denied it and said it was completely fictional, which I always thought was weird.
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On Lobster Calico
"living in obscurity off the coast of Maine"
As if it's apparently some sort of recluse author, and not, you know, living the life of a normal lobster.
Also: "Due to a lack of mirrors on the ocean floor, the calico lobster was likely unaware of its own rarity."
It conjures an image of a potentially intelligent lobster society living on the bottom of the ocean, if only we gave them mirrors.
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On Obama Still Hates Gay Marriage, No Matter What You Want to Think
@jfruh Oh, and as for marriage rights, yeah, Romney was governor when it passed, and spent the rest of his term in office trying get the legislature to overturn it (by that point, he had presidential ambitions, and had started his sharp swing back to the right wing). He actively pushed to enforce a law on the books that would not allow out-of-state gay couples to marry in Mass. if it wasn't legal in their own states (so, effectively everyone). That law, incidentally, was originally passed to prevent out-of-state interracial couples from marrying before Loving v. VA.
The best thing about Romney's attempt to overturn gay marriage here was during the next state elections, when he aggressively backed several anti-gay-marriage candidates, and the pro-gay-marriage side actually gained seats in the legislature.
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On Obama Still Hates Gay Marriage, No Matter What You Want to Think
@mgw Yeah, pretty sure of that. We went straight from nothing to full marriage. Also of course gay marriage is one important issue, but Obama is still on the right side when it comes to other issues that usually go along with gay rights. Like reproductive rights for women. There may be several new Supreme Court appointments during the next presidential term (not to mention, lots of lower-level federal judges). Do you want Obama to appoint those judges, or do you want several more in the vein of Scalia/Thomas/Roberts/Alito? Because that's what we're likely to get if Romney is elected.
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On Fine, Kids, Call Your Mom Five Times a Day!
I don't think I know anyone I want to talk to five times a day.
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On I Have Thoughts About Commenting Systems!
@mathnet Looks those ones have links to personal blogs, I think?
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On I Have Thoughts About Commenting Systems!
@Murgatroid Yes this. My commenter number is really the only thing I have here...
And seriously, no Facebook. If you did that I would never comment, ever again. (Not much of a threat, sure, but it would make me sad.)
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On Ignorant Backwater Bans Restaurant with the Name "Fuku"
Don't anyone let them come to Boston, as they will surely get the vapors when they walk by Fugakyu.
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On Florida's Welfare Drug Tests: An Abysmal Waste and Failure
@Pop Socket Yeah, this. The whole thing was an obvious scam from the beginning.
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On That David Grann Story's Got It All
I haven't had a chance yet, but FYI, you don't actually need a subscription to read it (I can access it and I don't subscribe).